Publishing… Taking your self-published book into a bookstore 27 Nov 201411 Nov 2025 It happens all the time. An author comes into my bookstore and says, "would you carry my book here?" If they're carrying a copy of the book, I ask to…
Promotion It would seem obvious… 23 Oct 201327 Feb 2025 Though I've posted many book signing tips here, there are a few things that seem so blatantly, searingly obvious that I haven't bothered to write about them. I suppose I…
Promotion A few book signing observations from Yellowstone 29 Jul 20131 Feb 2026 Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to Yellowstone Park to sign Who Pooped in the Park? books. There are two concessionaires in the Park: Delaware North, which operates the…
Promotion Customizing presentations at book signings 27 Jul 20121 Feb 2026 Seven years ago, when my first Who Pooped in the Park? book was hot off the presses, I cut one up, scanned it, and turned it into a PowerPoint presentation.…
Promotion 11 MORE book signing tips for authors 2 Aug 20111 Feb 2026 It seems like I've been writing a lot about book signings lately, most likely because my mini-book tour has made me think about events more. While on the road, I've…
Promotion Book Signings: Learn from my mistakes! 25 Jul 201131 Jan 2023 Last month, I wrote a blog post entitled "14 book signing tips for authors." Last night, I kicked myself for not following all of my own advice. Actually, things started…
Promotion Book signings and long-term relationships 13 Jun 20111 Feb 2026 As you can guess from recent blog posts, I've been thinking a lot about book signings lately. Maybe it's because I'm putting together events for the bookstore right now, or…
Promotion 10 book signing tips for booksellers 11 Jun 20111 Feb 2026 Since I'm an author who also owns a bookstore, I've been on both sides of the book signing game. Yesterday I talked about what an author can do to make…
Promotion 14 book signing tips for authors 10 Jun 20111 Feb 2026 Since I'm an author who also owns a bookstore, I've been on both sides of the book signing game. Today, I'd like to talk about what an author can do…
Gary D. Robson 